RAILWAYS BUYING BUSES
OVERCOMING COMPETITION NEGOTIATION FOR HUTT SERVICES PRACTICAL MONOPOLY IN VIEW. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. As the outcome of negotiations with the proprietors of the main motor bus fleets operating on the Hutt Road, the Railway Department is to have practically a monopoly of the bus service between Wellington and the Hutt. If the deal is concluded —and the indications are said to bo that it will be—the department will control about 35 buses w’hich previously competed with its suburban railway service. Only one privately-owned service, the six buses of which do not run a full time service, will remain on the road. The acquisition of the additional buses is in accordance with the department’s policy of buying out competitive private enterprise bus services where it is considered certain that these can be run at a profit by the department. The 'fares will not be altered, and it is understood that the present staffs will be retained.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1928, Page 11
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